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I've just noticed there's no "skip" option in the quests. I wonder if that's for now, or forever.

I mentioned that earlier and lucid contacted me, I told him my opinion on the quests and asked him to take a look at the sp forum and/or to ask via the forum if my suggestions (skipping certain steps so that those who took a certain route, started late, have advanced games have a choice) make sense. He's definitely aware of the missing option and thinking about it - and following the forum .

Yes! Kate was the one person I'd seen on the forums mention skipping as something she'd like to have.

Generally, skipping is more expensive and less fun than playing the game to earn the quest completions, so we didn't make a point of adding it this time around. Kate suggested that some folks would still rather have the option.

Yes! Kate was the one person I'd seen on the forums mention skipping as something she'd like to have.

Generally, skipping is more expensive and less fun than playing the game to earn the quest completions, so we didn't make a point of adding it this time around. Kate suggested that some folks would still rather have the option.

Do others feel the same?

2 people, I mentioned it to you directly.

It's a option that would be good to have. Up to the players if they choose to use it.

I mentioned it because it might be relevant in the near future. My concern was that some players wouldn't understand that such an option is great to have and can be ignored otherwise. The pricing can cause complaints, but I think satisfying everybody is impossible and such an option can allow some players to proceed while it won't affect others.

Personally, I have never paid rubies to skip a quest in SP. BUT, there were a couple quests I remember that were impossible to do and when you clicked on skip it was 0 rubies to skip. Those I did use. I occasionally checked how much to skip, but decided it wasn't worth it. PLEASE make sure if you put in the skip, there is a confirm, not just uses those precious resources. Just my opinion.

The most common reasons for skipping (in SP) I believe are either because your tinker is tied up, or because a search is in an unavailable area. It hurts my completionist eyes to see a quest that I can't finish, but other than those above, it's extremely rare that I can't easily finish it, could be a digging one right after wasting all my resources on something. Once you can actually afford to skip, those circumstances are even rarer.

The pricing for skipping is also generally a huge ripoff in SP, and it's very hard to balance it so it's fair without being too cheap, which I suspect is a bad business design. So, it has to be safe on the expensive side, ie a huge ripoff for the players.

So, I suggest rather than skipping:

1. Fix the quest so they don't give tasks in unopened areas.
2. If/when you implement the tinker, do it right.

For the completionists, I'd rather see an "abandon" button on the whole quest so I can get the annoying icon out of my view, rather than being able to pay to skip parts of it.

Yeah, thanks, James (and team). Also the pricing is reasonable, as step #2 requires searching a darkroom, I would actually be in the situation where I would skip that step – at least if you wouldn't have announced new content.